[HTML][HTML] Acoustic correlates of the syllabic rhythm of speech: Modulation spectrum or local features of the temporal envelope

Y Zhang, J Zou, N Ding - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The syllable is a perceptually salient unit in speech. Since both the syllable and its acoustic
correlate, ie, the speech envelope, have a preferred range of rhythmicity between 4 and 8 …

[HTML][HTML] On the speech envelope in the cortical tracking of speech

MF Issa, I Khan, M Ruzzoli, N Molinaro, M Lizarazu - NeuroImage, 2024 - Elsevier
The synchronization between the speech envelope and neural activity in auditory regions,
referred to as cortical tracking of speech (CTS), plays a key role in speech processing. The …

[HTML][HTML] Multisensory deficits in dyslexia may result from a locus coeruleus attentional network dysfunction

JR Kershner - Neuropsychologia, 2021 - Elsevier
A fundamental educational requirement of beginning reading is to learn, access, and rapidly
process associations between novel visuospatial symbols and their phonological …

[HTML][HTML] Neural sampling of the speech signal at different timescales by children with dyslexia

K Mandke, S Flanagan, A Macfarlane, F Gabrielczyk… - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
Phonological difficulties characterize individuals with dyslexia across languages. Currently
debated is whether these difficulties arise from atypical neural sampling of (or entrainment …

[HTML][HTML] Atypical delta-band phase consistency and atypical preferred phase in children with dyslexia during neural entrainment to rhythmic audio-visual speech

M Keshavarzi, K Mandke, A Macfarlane, L Parvez… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2022 - Elsevier
According to the sensory-neural Temporal Sampling theory of developmental dyslexia,
neural sampling of auditory information at slow rates (< 10 Hz, related to speech rhythm) is …

[HTML][HTML] Decoding of speech information using EEG in children with dyslexia: Less accurate low-frequency representations of speech, not “Noisy” representations

M Keshavarzi, K Mandke, A Macfarlane, L Parvez… - Brain and language, 2022 - Elsevier
The amplitude envelope of speech carries crucial low-frequency acoustic information that
assists linguistic decoding. The sensory-neural Temporal Sampling (TS) theory of …

Atypical low-frequency cortical encoding of speech identifies children with developmental dyslexia

J Araújo, BD Simons, V Peter, K Mandke… - Frontiers in Human …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Slow cortical oscillations play a crucial role in processing the speech amplitude envelope,
which is perceived atypically by children with developmental dyslexia. Here we use …

Language proficiency entails tuning cortical activity to second language speech

M Lizarazu, M Carreiras, M Bourguignon… - Cerebral …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Cortical tracking of linguistic structures in speech, such as phrases (< 3 Hz, delta band) and
syllables (3–8 Hz, theta band), is known to be crucial for speech comprehension. However, it …

Neural entrainment to speech and nonspeech in dyslexia: Conceptual replication and extension of previous investigations

M Lizarazu, LS di Covella, V van Wassenhove… - Cortex, 2021 - Elsevier
Whether phonological deficits in developmental dyslexia are associated with impaired
neural sampling of auditory information is still under debate. Previous findings suggested …

[HTML][HTML] Phonological deficits in dyslexia impede lexical processing of spoken words: Linking behavioural and MEG data

J Schwarz, M Lizarazu, M Lallier, A Klimovich-Gray - Cortex, 2024 - Elsevier
Phonological difficulties have been identified as a core deficit in developmental dyslexia, yet
everyday speech comprehension, which relies on phonological processing, is seemingly …